"It appears that the spacers have taken on a pearl finish when they emerged from the kiln. I am not sure if this was due to the silver foil/glass frit on the nearby beads or if this is something that can be replicated again in Porpoise beads on their own. Could the formula have similar chemistry to the darker Tahitian Pearl? More experimenting will be required to confirm." Read more at Darlene's blog.

"Porpoise is a dark gray opaque. The rod has a tint of green/gray, however don’t let this fool you, the melt is much more of a true gray in nature. Pictured by Bayou in the assorted sample photo, Porpoise is much darker than Bayou. No shocking or bubbling occurred during testing."

"Porpoise is a streaky medium grey. It makes a great raccoon. When it is heated it goes green in the flame and I thought maybe I had gotten my Porpoise rod confused with my Bayou rod, however when cool it is a neutral grey rather than a grey green."

"Porpoise melted smoothly with no shockiness or bubbles. It works excellent alone or as a base color. It is a fabulous base for frits. A base of Porpoise was a gorgeous base for Val Cox Starry Night frit blend. Porpoise was a fantastic base for the stipple stitch bead with Triton stringer. I love greys and Porpoise is no exception."

"It must be tricky making grey glass and coming up with an interesting name for it. Porpoise is a good name, though. Much better than ‘John Major’ or ‘Filing Cabinet’. Porpoise is a nice medium grey. It’s quite streaky but melted fine and the rod was well-behaved on the shockpoppery front. Porpoise goes green when it’s hot and for a while I thought I’d open the kiln to green beads but then I remembered that no, porpoises are grey and yep, the beads ended up that way too." Read more at Laura's tumblr.

"A beautiful grey green that reacts beautifully with silver glass. A creamy consistency that can leave some trails of colour the more it is heated, giving a more organic look. Here shown with Effetre black 064 dots and DH Triton dots over the black dots."